May the fourth be with you! Today’s the day Star Wars obsessives look forward to all year:

Cartoon: Modern Toss

If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure you check out our Grantham fairytale by Posy Simmonds interactive

an exclusive 16-page fairytale, King Ironsides, illustrated by Posy Simmonds

Halid, who is 10, must be one of the bravest people I am ever likely to meet…

Illustration: George Butler

Scenes from Syria, illustrated by George Butler – in pictures

Next week, the much-loved comic the Dandy celebrates its 75th anniversary and will end the print version in favour of publishing online-only. Here’s the very first issue of the comic, from back in 1937, featuring the hilarious adventures of Korky the Cat.

Photograph: DC Thompson

Photograph: Reuters

From our books team:

DC Comics introduced a new Green Lantern on Wednesday - a Muslim from Dearborn, Michigan, who leaves behind street racing to join an intergalactic police force.

Simon Baz, the muscular protagonist in his early 20s with the Arabic word for courage, “al-shuja’a,” tattooed on his arm, is the latest example of superhero diversity in the comic book world. His debut comes after DC unveiled a gay Green Lantern in June and Marvel Comics presented a half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man last year.

Photograph: Korky Paul, taken from the book by Valerie Thomas and published by Oxford University Press

Happy birthday Winnie!

Twenty-five years after Winnie the Witch first tripped over her cat, Wilbur, we take a look back at some of her wackiest spells and wildest adventures

More beautiful illustrations and information on children’s books on our specialist site.

Photograph: Cartoon Movement/VJMovement/LSE

The London School of Economics is hosting an exhibition of cartoons that address issues of justice and security. The images are provided by the VJM’s Cartoon Movement, a global collaborative platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism. The exhibition in London runs until 17 February

Photograph: Nadia Shireen

How to draw… wolves

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Photograph: Anna and Elena Balbusso

Striking illustrations from a new edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale:

As we wait in our double line, the door opens and two more women come in, both in the red dresses and white wings of the Handmaids. One of them is vastly pregnant; her belly, under her loose garment, swells triumphantly. There is a shifting in the room, a murmur, an escape of breath; despite ourselves we turn our heads, blatantly, to see better; our fingers itch to touch her. She’s a magic presence to us, an object of envy and desire, we covet her. She’s a flag on a hilltop, showing us what can still be done: we too can be saved.

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Photograph: Harper Collins

Cartoonist Ronald Searle’s drawings for his wife Monica, as she was treated for a rare and virulent form of cancer over a five-year period in the early 1970s. She survived, and the intimate drawings stand as a moving testimony to love and hope

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